PINE GROVE GHOST TOWN, NEVADA
The first discoveries of gold were made on some outcroppings on the north side of the canyon at the town of Pine Grove in 1866 by William Wilson, a resident of Mason Valley. For some years the district was called the Wilson, after its discoverer, but the name of Pine Grove was finally adopted from a grove of pinon tress, which the Indians visit annually to gather nuts. In 1869, according to a report, there were several “arrastra” - a primitive mill for grinding and pulverizing ore, and a 10-stamp mill in operation. The Wheeler mine, on the south side of the canyon, about three-fourths of a mile out of town, was discovered shortly after the Wilson. By 1868, a post office had opened, along with a weekly newspaper. The population at the time was 200. The camp reached its peak in population in the early 1870s with 600 residents.
The settlement, at its height, was divided into five sections and was spread out for a mile. It offered five saloons, three hotels, multiple stores, blacksmith shops, a dance hall, barber shops, a school, livery stable and two doctors' offices. Pine Grove was a regional supply center. Two mill expansions were made in 1882, and mining was robust in the 1880s. After the economic depression in the U.S. in 1893, mine production was slowly abandoned.
Work started again in the mines between 1900 and 1910, but production never reached the activity of the 1870s and 1880s. There was limited prospecting in the area in the early 1900s, but all mining had ceased by 1918. The remaining town residents left Pine Grove by the 1930s.
#travel, #ghosttowns, #exploration, #nevada, #abandonedplaces, #nye, #southwest, #explore, #explorepage, #exploremore, #photography, #adventure, #history
Sources of information:
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.o...
Nevada Digital Newspaper Project
NEVADA DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROJECT | Nevada's journey in a nation-wide program to digitize historic newspapers (wordpress.com)
Forgotten Nevada
Nevada Ghost Town List (forgottennevada.org)
Ghost Towns and Beyond
Pine Grove - NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND (nvtami.com)
Western Mining History
westernminingh...
Негізгі бет Ghost Town of Pine Grove, Nevada
Пікірлер: 22